loool @ this retard who thinks he deserves a wage for being a law intern.

From a previous big 4 assoc who has had to manage interns, you think it's fun dealing with a whole swarm of moron students who only cause problems and can't produce any useful work, take time away from your billable work to teach them **** which they're not even grateful for cause they're just there to chalk up a notch on their CV, so you can leave the office at 3am instead of 1am that day?

Much prefer the vac scheme system in my current firm. The selection process is highly selective, I only get 6/7 top local students (FCH/deans listers) who learn fast and can actually help me out by the 2nd week and come in fully willing to stay till late. These are the students worth teaching. Not the trash that makes up 90% of the big 4 intern cohort (no offence to the other 10%, it's the system's fault not yours).

Honestly, big 4 should move towards the UK system. Be far more selective with their intern pool (so they can pay them more + actually train them properly), they will get better calibre interns, which they can also hire from at the end of the internship.